variants
or less commonly sea floor
plural seafloors also sea floors
: the floor of a sea or ocean : seabed
The Earth's crust, in this view, is divided into several immense plates that make up the continents and seafloors, and that all float on a hot, plastic, subterranean "mantle."—
Walter Sullivan
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The carnivorous marine isopods typically scavenge carcasses on the seafloor, but may also eat live prey.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Research equipment on the seafloor near the seamount is part of a vast cable array that provides near-real-time data to Chadwick and others studying the volcano.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
There, the ocean-exploration organization Deep has embarked on a multiyear quest to enable scientists to live on the seafloor at depths up to 200 meters for weeks, months, and possibly even years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
The remaining cold water on the seafloor then creates an icy current that carries water out to the Irminger Sea – in the Atlantic Ocean.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Research equipment on the seafloor near the seamount is part of a vast cable array that provides near-real-time data to Chadwick and others studying the volcano.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
There, the ocean-exploration organization Deep has embarked on a multiyear quest to enable scientists to live on the seafloor at depths up to 200 meters for weeks, months, and possibly even years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
The remaining cold water on the seafloor then creates an icy current that carries water out to the Irminger Sea – in the Atlantic Ocean.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Seafloor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seafloor. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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